Ironing-machine



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W. PHILLIPS. IRONING MAGHINE.

No. 480,277. Patented Aug.- 9, 1892.

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W. PHILLIPS IRONING MAGHINE. No. 480,277. Patented Aug.9,1892.

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WILLIAM PHILLIPS, OF NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN.

IRONING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,277, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed June], 1891- Serial No. 394,712. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northville, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Machines; andIdeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to theaccompanyingdrawings, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anironing and polishing machine for laundry purposes, the device beingadapted for a Variety of uses, especially as a combination shirt,collar, and cuff ironer and polisher.

It consists of the devices and appliances hereinafter specified andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section. Fig. 3 is an end view of portions of the mechanism,showing the polishing-iron in cross-section. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection illustrating the construction of the polishing-iron. Fig. 5 is apartial side elevation showing one end of the polishing-iron in place.Fig. 6 is a side elevation of portions of the device, showing theadjustabilit-y of the shaft of the roller. Fig. 7 is a detail view ofone of the ways, showing the depression intermediate its ends. Fig. 8shows the main shaft D, provided with a padded roll. Fig. 9 is a detailview in crosssection showing the ironing-board provided with a rollerrunning on one of the ways.

A represents any suitable supporting-frame provided with Ways B B, onwhich a reciprocatory ironing-board O is located. B B denote the usiialguards located over said ways to protect the garments therefrom.

D denotes one or more friction rollers mounted on a shaft 1), suitablyjournaled in the frame for reciprocating the ironing-board.

The device is adapted and designed to be operated either by hand orother power, as may be desired. As will be seen, the rollers D havefrictional contact with the ironingboard, and a rack-bar C is secured tothe lower side of said board, and a gear-wheel D is secured to one ofsaid rollers in position to engage said rack-bar. Thus while saidrollers have frictional engagement with the ironingboard the saidgear-wheel meshes in the rackbar, furnishing a more positive movement ofthe ironing-board under all circumstances.

E indicates the polishing-iron, to the extremities of which areadjust-ably secured the squared heads a a, which fit in the verticalguides A and have sliding vertical movement therein.

The polishing-iron is non-rotatable in operation, but is constructed,preferably, so as to be turned when worn. squared heads may beconstructed with points a bearing upon the ends of the polishing-iron, aset-screw a allowing the iron to be turned when desired and held ingiven position. 7

F denotes lever mechanism engaged with the polishing-iron, whereby thesaid iron may be brought down into firm contact with the articles to beironed on the ironing-board. I prefer to construct said lever mechanismwith two arms ff at its upper end, said arms respectively being engagedwith vertical springactuated bars f f connected with the squared headsholding the polishing-iron. The tension of the spring f of the bar maybe adjusted by means of a nut J. The spring is preferably located onsaid bar below the iron, as shown. The spring exerts its tension bothupon the lever and the polishing-iron and serves to lift said iron fromthe ironingboard when pressure upon said lever is released therefrom.The pressure of the lever and spring, it will be seen, is exerted atboth extremities of the polishing-iron, bringing the iron square uponthe work.

As regards the special construction of the polishing-iron, I prefer toform the same with two heating-compartments E E separated by a partitionG denotes the heating device, preferably constructed with arms g g, oneextending into each of said compartments, each arm being provided with acontrolling-valve g to allow one or both compartments to be heated, asmay be desired. The shaft D is adjustable in slotted brackets H 11',secured to the supporting-frame. The brackets are each shown as providedwith an adjustable boxing H For this purpose the.

which may be regulated in its position in said bracket by a set-screw HFor certain kinds of work, as in ironing collars and cuffs, it isdesigned, also, to provide for the removal of the friction-rollers Dfrom the shaft D and the substitution therefor of a padded roll I, uponwhich the polishingiron may have direct contact, the ironingboard beingremovable from the ways B B and the friction-rollers and gear beingremovable from the shaft D. By raising the padded roll thepolishing-iron may readily be brought into contact therewith whendesired. It will be seen that the pressure of the iron upon the work canbe readily increased or diminished by means of the lever mechanism, asdesired. I prefer, moreover, that the tracks or ways B B should behollowed or depressed intermediate their extremities, as shown in Fig.7. Thereby the ironing-board is allowed to descend when moving over thatportion of the ways, bringing it into closer contact with thefriction-roll. The ironing-board may be reciprocated by the gear alone,if desired. It may also be provided with anti-friction rollers 0,running on the ways, if desired, as illustrated in Fig. 9.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a frameprovided with horizontal ways, of an ironing-board mounted in said ways,the latter being provided with depressions between their extremities, apolishing-iron in position over said board, and mechanism forreciprocating said ironing-board, substantially as set forth anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a frame provided with vertical guides, of amovable ironingboard, a polishing-iron in position over said board,squared heads adjustably secured to the ends of said polishing-iron, thesaid heads being provided with openings and inwardbearing points toreceive the extremities of said iron, and securing-screws whereby theiron may be set with any part of its face downward, substantially as setforth and described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F. MILLER.

